vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Dolichospermum danicum compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cyanobacteriales	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Nostocaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Dolichospermum	Urocitellus
Species	Dolichospermum danicum	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dolichospermum danicum is a planktonic, filamentous cyanobacterium in the family Aphanizomenonaceae, first described from Danish freshwater habitats. It produces heterocysts for nitrogen fixation and is capable of forming buoyant surface blooms in eutrophic lakes. Its conservation status is not evaluated.